Clyde was a great player and he is a horrible commentator. I wish he would just leave and stop annoying us. I bet his Q score is in the basement.
I would love Calvin back as much as anyone. That being said, anything is an improvement from Clyde, so can we at least replace him with Mario Elie? I've really enjoyed his pre-game show, and I think he'd be much more palatable than Clyde. (Although I would miss Clyde's Mutombo voice.)
yesterday, Clyde the Glide said: "Kobe and Tmac are very similar, that's because they both make their teammates better" wtf? Kobe the ballhog makes his teammates better. lol
The Rockets obsession with bringing in franchise 'names' to work the broadcasts, while understandable, has been poorly executed. It's plain that there's no auditions and no qualifications needed. Cynthia Cooper - disaster Clyde Drexler - bad at best Mario Elie (studio) - so-so Matt Bullard (minor name) was rock solid and so was Jon Barry. Listen learned: go with former Rockets for name recognition, but make them prove they can do the job! To this day, no one's come close to Calvin. Clyde's been our personal Isiah: he's been awful in every post-retirement move he's gone with: UH Coach, couldn't convince Portland to hire him in any capacity, got a charity job from Kiki in Denver that didn't last, etc. Sad. Evan
Bring in Van Chancellor. At least he offered some insight, along with the comedy of his accent. It would've been great listening to him, Yao, and Dikembe in a post-game interview.
I second that. for me, Van Chancellor is much more entertaining than Murph. CHancellor did great analysis, and like you said, offered a great insight. that's not mentioning the great accent "traIcE MiGradE is veery aggresseev" I dont quite know how to write it but omg, it sounds hilarious
He's actually OK. He gives the Hall of Famer perspective on things. Many of the players he played against are still playing. This isn't radio. You don't need a commentator to paint a picture. Of course everyone in here didn't like Van Chancellor but if you focused on the content of what he was saying, it was pretty good. Enthusiasm is also attractive to the average viewer and he had that too. Coming back to Clyde...he has improved and anyone can make a mistake or two, so pointing those out doesn't paint the whole picture.
Which is precisely why you need a commentator that can tell you more than what's already blatantly obvious to the viewer and already pointed out by the game announcer and the play by play guy. Van Chancellor improved greatly throughout one year. His accent be it annoying to some and funny to others was his only debatable flaw as a commentator. However, the analysis and insight he provided came second to only Calvin. And, had a lot more natural enthusiasm than Clyde makes effort to project. It's not mistakes he's making, it's sense and analysis he's NOT making. Hall of Famer perspective? His best attributes as a commentator include : Cookie monster sound effects, Dr. Hibbert giggle and pointing at replays while saying "See, here's this guy, consumate professional and there he goes. Nothing but Net" or, "Good call" and literally echoing Bill Worrell's thoughts though apparently in a dumbed down version for the 'average viewer'. I won't be surprised if one of these days Worrell turns to Clyde asking for his opinion and thoughts on in game action, and Clyde just cuts out the middle man alltogether, "What you said, Bill! Uh hee hee hee hee."
Clyde may be bad - but he's a Rocket. I mean, who cares. I like Clyde - I might think 85% of the stuff he says is B.S....but whatever, i'm watching the game, not listening to commentary.
